The Jets will need to offload some contracts and I suspect they are seriously interested in retaining Stastny at a reasonable cap hit if at all possible. Enstrom is the only big ticket they lose this summer.

the same fans who post that we wasted connor's entry level contract window will come to this thread and talk about patience being the key.

The Jets are lucky that their location does not allow their GM to build any other way. No UFA is going to sign there in the last 10 years so he doesn't make any Lucic mistakes. Patience is the only possible route and having an educated fan base helps because they can suffer through a long rebuild process.

Well for the last number of years the Oilers have preferred to play 30 year old washed up NHL players (eg Ryan Hamilton) in key roles on the farm rather than playing the young guys. So yes, I'd rather do it the Jets way than the Oilers way. Never do it the Oilers way.... ever!

the same fans who post that we wasted connor's entry level contract window will come to this thread and talk about patience being the key.

The Jets are lucky that their location does not allow their GM to build any other way. No UFA is going to sign there in the last 10 years so he doesn't make any Lucic mistakes. Patience is the only possible route and having an educated fan base helps because they can suffer through a long rebuild process.

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I think the point is the Jets haven't experienced a long rebuild process by Oilers standards and haven't experienced nearly as bad a club.

In 7 years they got to the Conference final and counting. I would take that over what has occurred here.

Heres something interesting too. Only one season where Jets have had a Bettman TM pts losing season. At least the club has been somewhat competitive. We had one season out of the last dozen like that.

This is the Jets record since returning to the Peg;

Primary team Thrashers/Winnipeg: 268-211-36-25 in these games.
Goals for Thrashers/Winnipeg: 1551
Goals against Thrashers/Winnipeg: 1550

This is the Oilers record same time period;

Primary team Edmonton: 218-259-34-29 in these games.
Goals for Edmonton: 1422
Goals against Edmonton: 1646

Keeping in mind as well that the Oilers had several top picks through this time period.

Jets are a stacked team where everyone is playing a notch below where they should be slotted. Everyone is pulling their weight and then some more.
They never threw their skilled players to the wolves. Ehlers is 22, Connor 21 and they are still being sheltered. Unlike Nuge\McDavid\Drai, Sheifele was sheltered by Little his first 3 yrs in the NHL letting him develop. Ehlers is a 2014 draftee and didnt make his mark til last year.

Instead of dumping away Enstrom, Wheeler, Little, Myers etc they spent a 1st and added Statsny.. That is the difference between a cap managing GM and winning GM.

Without an unprecedented, impossible to predict career flip by Helleybuck, they'd be exactly where they were years before, bubble to bottom 10.
Let's not pretend they didn't get at least a significant douse of luck on the goaltending front.
Their big offseason move was signing Steve Mason as their number 1 don't forget.

I like their forward core and defense, but without the goalie transformation, they aren't where they are.

Well for the last number of years the Oilers have preferred to play 30 year old washed up NHL players (eg Ryan Hamilton) in key roles on the farm rather than playing the young guys. So yes, I'd rather do it the Jets way than the Oilers way. Never do it the Oilers way.... ever!

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I’ve never understood that strategy when the AHL is supposed to be a developmental league. Nelson was the only coach that played the prospects in key roles.

they draft and develop better than anyone in the league not named the TB Lightning

they simply don't miss on their 1st rounders (Scheifele, Trouba, Ehlers, Connor) get a little luck (Laine) and find a couple of useful NHLers in later rounds (Lowry, Copp, Hellebuck)

yes, they had a decent foundation from Atlanta (their captain Wheeler, Byfuglien) but its namely great drafting

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We can say they same about our first round drafting. We haven’t had to many 1st round misses, it the other rounds that kill us. What’s killing us is our horrible pro scouting that goes back way before Chia to go without poor drafting from rounds 2-7.

We can say they same about our first round drafting. We haven’t had to many 1st round misses, it the other rounds that kill us. What’s killing us is our horrible pro scouting that goes back way before Chia to go without poor drafting from rounds 2-7.

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ya, I've liked our drafting in the 1st round but they've been sunk with horrible trading beyond the 1st round
K. Gretzky's first draft last year has given me hope for the future though...Yamamoto, Skinner, Maksimov, Safin.

We can say they same about our first round drafting. We haven’t had to many 1st round misses, it the other rounds that kill us. What’s killing us is our horrible pro scouting that goes back way before Chia to go without poor drafting from rounds 2-7.

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Gagner, Plante, Nash, Paajarvi, Yakupov and the 16th pick wasted on Reinhart. Six wasted first rounders in the last 11 years and Puljujarvi is inching into the conversation as well.

The Jets are basically what the Oilers were last year. A team that has come together as a group and has a lot of guys bringing it every night and playing as a tight knit group. The Oilers should have been in the conference final last year if not robbed of 2 games by the officials. The Oilers had the ducks beat in 5 games as far as I'm concerned. The Oilers were a tight group last year and were fun to watch. Our coaches couldn't get this group to play as a team this season, unlike the Jets. I was really hoping for a coaching change this year. I'm not too confident that McLellan can create a great team atmosphere here.

The Jets are basically what the Oilers were last year. A team that has come together as a group and has a lot of guys bringing it every night and playing as a tight knit group. The Oilers should have been in the conference final last year if not robbed of 2 games by the officials. The Oilers had the ducks beat in 5 games as far as I'm concerned. The Oilers were a tight group last year and were fun to watch. Our coaches couldn't get this group to play as a team this season, unlike the Jets. I was really hoping for a coaching change this year. I'm not too confident that McLellan can create a great team atmosphere here.